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The 2016 Rochford District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. Due to boundary changes, all seats on the council were up for election at the same time, with each ward electing three Councillors. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 29 | 1 | 4 |  8 | 46.1 | 24,046 |  3.1 | ||
| Rochford Resident | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11.9 | 6,203 | 5.0 | ||
| UKIP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11.4 | 5,941 | 10.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8.8 | 4,538 | 5.1 | ||
| Green | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | 3,391 | 3.7 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1,295 | 0.3 | ||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.8 | 6,699 | 3.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Black | 1,111 | 60.4 | 12.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ron Oatham | 945 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Stanley | 865 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Podd | 305 | 16.6 | 13.7 | |
| Conservative | Deborah Mercer | 303 | |||
| Rochford Resident | John Chaffin | 279 | 15.2 | New | |
| Conservative | Tony Hollis | 266 | |||
| Labour | Shaun Cain | 145 | 7.9 | New | |
| Majority | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKIP | Neil Hookway | 649 | 32.0 | 0.3 | |
| UKIP | Daniel Efde | 623 | |||
| UKIP | Tina Hughes | 615 | |||
| Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | 498 | 24.5 | 13.1 | |
| Conservative | Tony Potter | 481 | |||
| Conservative | Ann Holland | 414 | |||
| Independent | Trevor Goodwin | 358 | 17.6 | 2.1 | |
| Labour | Jack Newman | 285 | 14.0 | 1.2 | |
| Labour | David Lench | 195 | |||
| Labour | Paul White | 171 | |||
| Green | Simon Cross | 151 | 7.4 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tracy Arnold | 90 | 4.4 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Arnold | 81 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| UKIP hold | Swing | ||||
| UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lesley Butcher | 802 | 26.1 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Webb | 687 | 22.4 | ||
| Rochford Resident | Elliot Mason | 674 | 21.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jo McPherson | 556 | 18.1 | ||
| Labour | Gill Gibson | 353 | 11.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Rochford Resident win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford Resident | Christine Mason | 1,058 | 53.0 | 11.7 | |
| Rochford Resident | John Mason | 1,030 | |||
| Conservative | Julia Gooding | 595 | 29.3 | 3.8 | |
| Conservative | Liz Marlow | 504 | |||
| Labour | Robert Clemenson | 345 | 17.3 | 9.5 | |
| Conservative | Alex Holland-Martin | 345 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Rochford Resident hold | Swing | ||||
| Rochford Resident hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
No UKIP candidate as previous (-17.2).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford Resident | Irena Cassar | 883 | 22.3 | ||
| Rochford Resident | Adrian Evans | 822 | 20.8 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Hazlewood | 735 | 18.6 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Maddocks | 595 | 15.0 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Hudson | 585 | 14.8 | ||
| Labour | Ian Rooke | 337 | 8.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Rochford Resident win (new seat) | |||||
| Rochford Resident win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Carole Weston | 1,021 | 31.7 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Carter | 938 | 29.1 | ||
| Conservative | Terry Cutmore | 817 | 25.4 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Willis | 445 | 13.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Michael Hoy | 1,220 | 48.3 | 25.7 | |
| Green | Diane Hoy | 1,185 | |||
| Green | Stuart Wilson | 835 | |||
| UKIP | John Bull | 640 | 25.3 | 3.1 | |
| Conservative | Angela Hale | 394 | 15.6 | 16.9 | |
| Conservative | Mark Hale | 366 | |||
| Conservative | Angelina Marriott | 322 | |||
| Labour | David Flack | 271 | 10.7 | 1.9 | |
| Labour | Robin Hume | 201 | |||
| Labour | Roger Neville | 152 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Green hold | Swing | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
No Independent candidate as previous (-7.6).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bob Milne | 936 | 21.0 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Ward | 891 | 20.0 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Smith | 827 | 18.6 | ||
| Rochford Resident | Richard Lambourne | 610 | 13.7 | ||
| UKIP | Carol Ann Twydell | 566 | 12.7 | ||
| Labour | Bernadette Hannon | 310 | 7.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Tellis | 310 | 7.0 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Ioannou | 640 | 33.9 | ||
| UKIP | Nicholas Cooper | 578 | 30.6 | ||
| Conservative | Laureen Shaw | 466 | |||
| Labour | Kevin Salt | 459 | 24.3 | ||
| Labour | Mark Daniels | 422 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Shaw | 419 | |||
| Labour | Myra Weir | 418 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Irlam | 210 | 11.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| UKIP win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Lucas-Gill | 457 | 15.3 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Steptoe | 422 | 14.1 | ||
| Conservative | Arthur Williams | 412 | 13.8 | ||
| Labour | Simon Godsen | 386 | 12.9 | ||
| Labour | John Jefferies | 357 | 11.9 | ||
| UKIP | Richard Loding | 330 | 11.0 | ||
| UKIP | Marion Sawyer | 315 | 10.5 | ||
| Labour | Victoria Williams | 312 | 10.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford Resident | Toby Mountain | 847 | 23.6 | ||
| Conservative | June Lumley | 785 | 21.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Newport | 599 | 16.7 | ||
| Conservative | Carol Pavelin | 514 | 14.3 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Spencer | 464 | 12.9 | ||
| Labour | Craig Archer | 375 | 10.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Rochford Resident win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David John Sperring | 1,096 | |||
| Conservative | Cheryl Edwina Roe | 1,081 | |||
| Conservative | David Merrick | 996 | |||
| UKIP | John Hayter | 912 | |||
| UKIP | Keith Anthony Gibbs | 713 | |||
| Labour | Stephen James Cooper | 410 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jamie Burton | 937 | |||
| Conservative | John Griffin | 748 | |||
| Conservative | Robin Dray | 739 | |||
| Conservative | Jack Lawmon | 624 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Handford | 372 | |||
| Labour | Luke Houghton | 350 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
* Independent candidate stood under the description 'Rayleigh Independents'.
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